How hard is it to train chickens to use a nipple waterer?

[black_cat]

How difficult is it to train birds to use a nipple waterer?
I'm looking at this one from MyPetChicken, in the corner variety: https://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Chicken-Supplies/2-Gal-Bucket-Waterer-with-Nipples-and-Cups-up-to-15-chickens-p1855.asp
As of right now, we have a fount waterer that has two major issues-
-it gets ridiculously dirty, very often
-the heater causes the water to evaporate very quickly
I know that a nipple waterer would solve those issues. I'm not sure if it would solve the issue of birds potentially not getting enough water from a fount, because the bowl is shallow? Would a nipple waterer solve that?
I don't want to buy a waterer, have it come, and have the birds not know how to use it at all. Is there a way to teach them? Is it super hard? I have three red sex links and one white leghorn that are all fully mature and I think are over a year and a half old.

 

[black_cat]

If there is another one that people think would be better, I'm open to recommendations.

 

[CHlCKEN]

It’s fairly easy, actually. What I do is offer both waterers, while they learn. Set it up and do as you would when they were chicks. Use your finger as a beak and press in the nipple in to show them. Water should come out immediately and the chicken will naturally want to drink it. Once she has learned the others will learn from her in a copy-cat manor. After about a week, or however long it takes them to learn, you can make it the primary water source.

 

[black_cat]

It’s fairly easy, actually. What I do is offer both waterers, while they learn. Set it up and do as you would when they were chicks. Use your finger as a beak and press in the nipple in to show them. Water should come out immediately and the chicken will naturally want to drink it. Once she has learned the others will learn from her in a copy-cat manor. After about a week, or however long it takes them to learn, you can make it the primary water source.

Great!! What size do you use?

 

[CHlCKEN]

If there is another one that people think would be better, I'm open to recommendations.

If I were you I would get a larger one. They go through it in a shockingly short amount of time.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Great!! What size do you use?

Hold... I’m looking for my model.

 

[CHlCKEN]

I think mines a 5 gallon.

 

[CHlCKEN]

I can’t find the exact model, sorry.

 

[black_cat]

I can’t find the exact model, sorry.

It's ok!

 

[CHlCKEN]

Mine lasts about a week, with 7 chickens. So yours would probably go through it in two weeks if you got a 5 gallon.